Sustainable Landcare Services
2024 Training Open for Registration
Tue. and Thurs., Feb. 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29; 6 – 9 p.m. (online)
Sat., Feb. 3; 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (in person, Phipps Native Plant Conference in Special Events Hall)
Presented as a live webinar through Zoom with one day in-person training
Rate for Professional Landcare Providers:
$350 on or before Jan 19, 2024 ($400 after)
(additional attendees from the same business receive a 50% discount)
Reduced Rate for Environmental Nonprofits and Government and School Grounds Staff:
$262.50 on or before Jan 19, 2024 ($312.50 after)
Scholarship Opportunities:
Partial scholarships are available for nonprofit, government and school staff as well as qualifying individuals. Complete our application online by Jan. 19, 2024. Email Juliette Olshock at jolshock@phipps.conservatory.org with any questions.
Professional CEUs Pending:
- CEUs for landscape architects by LA CES
- CEUs for certified arborists with ISA
- CEUs for Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturists
- CEUs for Sustainable Landscape Certified with PLNA
- Pesticide Recertification
For questions or concerns, please email Juliette Olshock at jolshock@phipps.conservatory.org.
Beautify Your Landscape with Phipps Sustainable Landcare Accredited Professionals
If you are a home or business owner looking for a professional to design, install or maintain your yard or landscape, consider a Phipps Sustainable Landcare Accredited Professional. You can have a beautiful garden that is healthy for you, your children, your pets and the environment.
Demand for Sustainable Landcare
To meet the increasing demand for sustainable land care, Phipps offers training for landscape and lawn care professionals who care about their work and know that a healthy and beautiful home landscape is directly related to human health and the health of our environment. The local landcare professionals listed below have attended an extensive course and have pledged to provide the standard of excellence that you expect from Phipps.
Sustainable Landcare Accredited Professionals
Burghscape by Gargiulo Landscape
Service area: Pittsburgh and Northern Communities
724-283-4556
Burghscape@gmail.com
Accredited professional: Joe Gargiulo and Jennifer Senchak
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, landscape architecture, installation, maintenance, hardscapes, ISA Certified Arborists
Specialties: Creating and executing Master Plans for site development and rejuvenation; total package swimming pool and outdoor living design and installation; collaboration on environmental education and community engagement projects. Established 1994.
Cool Hand Carpentry and Landscaping
Service area: Edgewood, Swissvale, Regent Square, Squirrel Hill, Forest Hills and Point Breeze
412-398-7700
judodog@gmail.com
Accredited professional: Scott Fingal
Services: Organic lawn care, consultation, garden planning and design, installation and maintenance
Specialties: Purpose-designed gardens (native, pollinator, bird and butterfly attractors); Rain barrel installation and Stormwater management; Raised garden beds
Eichenlaub
Service area: Allegheny County and Ligonier
412-767-4769
jwisniewski@eichenlaub.com
Accredited professional: Joshua Wisniewski
Services: Organic lawn care, consultation, garden planning and design, landscape architecture, installation, maintenance, hardscapes and ISA certified arborist
Specialties: Full service landscape design, installation and maintenance including water features, stormwater management, wildlife/pollinator habitat, green roofs, and lighting
Exceptional Gardens
Service area: Pittsburgh area, Northern suburbs
412-308-5530, (cell) 412-204-7481
Jaime.desensi@exceptionalgardens.net
Accredited professional: Jaime DeSensi
Services: Organic lawn care, consultation, garden planning and design, landscape architecture, installation and maintenance
Specialties: We focus on using sustainable and organic methods to create spectacular outdoor spaces.
Fourth River Workers Guild
Service area: Pittsburgh and surrounding region
412-945-0269
mitch@fourthriver.coop
Accredited professional: Mitch Hall
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, installation, maintenance, hardscapes
Specialties: We use the strength of nature to make your home's land care easier, we help you cultivate your gardens for food and habitat, and we use locally adapted techniques to handle tricky areas like steep slopes and water management.
Gardenalia
Service area: Pittsburgh area
412-871-5445
admin@gardenaliapgh.com
Accredited professionals: Brandon Delany, Joel Riddles
Services: Organic lawn care, consultation, garden planning and design, installation, maintenance, hardscapes
Specialties: Sustainable garden design, installation and maintenance
Green Creations Landscape Services, LLC
Service area: Fox Chapel, Shadyside, North Hills, Mars, South Butler, Sewickley
412-256-8593
kosta@greencreationslandscape.com
Accredited professional: Kosta Bounos
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, landscape architecture, installation, maintenance, hardscapes
Specialties: Complete sustainable and organic plant care, creative solutions to landscape problems (raingardens, dry stream beds, vegetative berms and swales to direct runoff), estate gardening services
J.A. Rutter Co.
Service area: Eastern Suburbs
724-327-1101 X210
jmatkozich@jarutter.com
Accredited professional: Jayme Matkozich
Services: Landscape supplies
Specialties: Wood waste recycling (DEP Permitted), mulch manufacturer, soil/soil mix (rain garden, etc.) provider
KP Leaf and Lawn Service
Service area:Pittsburgh area and northern suburbs
412-303-6637
KPleaflawn@gmail.com
Accredited professional: Kyle Phillips
Services: Installation
Specialties: Quick and easy scheduling of tree and shrub installations
Landscape & Garden Design by Gwen, LLC
Service area: Pittsburgh, South Hills, East Hills, North Hills, western Pittsburgh suburbs
412-527-5464
gwdesigns@verizon.net
Accredited professional: Gwen Wisniewski
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design
Specialties: Landscape and garden design plans for installation by homeowner or their landscaper; consults and plans for DIY projects; hourly consults for homeowners, commercial landscaper and nurseries; will work with your landscaper to design and implement designs; will assist in choosing landscape contractors
Local Roots Landscaping
Service area: Greater Pittsburgh Area
412-977-4616
info@LocalRootsLandscaping.com
Accredited professionals: Logan Booth, Will Duran
Services: Garden planning and design, landscape architecture, installation, maintenance and hardscapes
Specialties: Landscape design and installations including carpentry and pools, outdoor living spaces, master planning
Mayapple Ecological Gardening and Design
Service area: Pittsburgh and surrounding areas
412-447-5348
mayapplegardening@gmail.com
Accredited professional: Meg Graham
Services: Garden planning and design, installation and maintenance
Specialties: Native plant and wildlife habitat creation, restoration, and preservation; educating and fostering a new generation of ecological gardeners and land stewards; helping home and land owners transition away from chemical-based and hazardous products and begin implementing sustainable landcare practices
Metalmark Sustainable LLC
Service area: Southwestern Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh and surrounding suburbs
412-206-5138
Burlton@MetalmarkSustainable.com
Accredited professionals: Burlton Griffith
Services:Consultation, Garden Planning and Design, Installation and ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
Specialties: Sustainable Arboriculture Consulting, Tree Preservation, Ecological Garden Consulting, Native Plant Specialist
Petrichor Gardens Pittsburgh
Service area: Pittsburgh and surrounding area
724-454-0907
CLWGardens@gmail.com
Accredited professional: Claire Ward
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, installation and maintenance
Specialties: Land stewardship, fine gardening, native landscapes and backyard wildlife habitat
Rush Creek Designs
Service area: Pittsburgh metropolitan area
412-400-3459
rushcreek@verizon.net
Accredited professional: Leslie Kaplan
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design
Specialties: Specialty plant acquisition, plant identification, supervision of installations - client advocate
Scioto Gardens
Service area: Columbus, OH and surrounding counties
614-205-2155
Sites@sciotogardens.com
Accredited professionals: Joshua Zingg and Reyna Hylton
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, installation, maintenance, ISA Certified Arborist
Specialties: Invasive species removal, wildlife habitat creation, native plant nursery
Segelson's Daylillies LLC
Service area: Northern and Eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh
412-292-5387
segelsonsdaylilies@gmail.com
Accredited professional: Garrett Segelson
Services:Organic lawn care and garden maintenance
Specialty: Daylilies
Stone | Grow
Service area: 60-mile radius of Pittsburgh
412-996-1011
suzpace@stonegrowpgh.com
Accredited professional: Suzanne Pace
Services: Consultation, garden design and planning, landscape architecture, installation, maintenance and hardscapes
Specialties: Historic dry stone wall design, repair and/or rebuild; full-service landscape design & build using natives, ecologically based solutions for ‘challenge areas’ (soil remediation, pollution mitigation, water control) in landscapes
Sundrop Design
Service area: Pittsburgh (Central, North, East), North Hills, Mars, Cranberry
ashley.sundropdesign@gmail.com
Accredited professional: Ashley Ressler
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, installation
Specialties: Design with a regenerative approach to the land; advocacy for soil and plant health; seasonal plant styling
Sylvan Gardens
Service area: Greater Pittsburgh Area
info@sylvangardenslandscape.com
Accredited professional: Brian Friend
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, landscape architecture, installation, maintenance, hardscapes
Specialties: Plant installation and landscape design
TerraGreen
Service area: Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia
724-288-8503
bob@terragreencompany.com
Accredited professional: Robert Foster
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, installation, maintenance, hardscapes
Specialties: Complete range of landscape design through construction services; outdoor living features including landscape illumination; environmental solutions such as wildlife habitats, green roof installation, rain gardens, as well as remediation/restoration and rainwater management
This Green City
Service area: Western Pennsylvania
412-445-5800
Jen@thisgreencitypgh.com
Accredited professionals: Jen Lazzaro, Sara Crawford, Sarah Wasilewski and Brian Funk
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, installation and maintenance
Specialties: Wildlife Habitat Certification, long term planning and estate management, new-to-you yard consultations and site assessment; ‘From Lawn to Life’ turf grass removal and redesign; striking a balance between the constraints of the urban landscape and offering a partnership with nature, a liaison to the wild
Touch of Green
Service area: Pittsburgh - East
412-596-5664
jess@touchofgreenpgh.com
Accredited professional: Jess Runco
Services: Consultation, garden planning and design, installation and maintenance
Specialties: Native, pollinator and beautiful garden installation and maintenance; lawn alternatives and garden redesign; full service sustainable landscaping
UpstreamPgh
Service area: Pittsburgh and eastern neighborhoods
412-371-8779
keith@upstreampgh.org
Accredited professional: Keith Moore
Services: Rain barrel sales
Specialties: Rain barrel sales, environmental education and stormwater infrastructure
Sustainable Landcare Accredited Advocates
Abby Anderson, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Adam Simok, UPMC Grounds Crew
AJ Sheets, Nemacolin Woodlands
Angela Del Raso
Angela Yuele, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Ashley Seiler
Barbara Martin
Benjamin Chilcote
Brandon McCracken, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Brian Bartsch, UPMC Grounds Crew
Caroline Bristol
Darin Ripp, PSU Student Farm
Dianne Berardi, PSU Master Gardener
Elizabeth Leibel
Gavin Deming, Allegheny GoatScape
Hillary Steffes, Allegheny GoatScape
Jaci Bruschi, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
James Conley
Jim Parris
Jarica Pickens, Nemacolin Woodlands
Jessica Horenstein, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Kathleen A. Hrabovsky
Kelsey Braun, Allegheny RiverTrail Park
Maggie Herrick, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Matthew King, UPMC Grounds Crew
Michael Perry, UPMC Grounds Crew
Patricia Flowers Jacobina, PSU Master Gardener
Rachel Patnik
Rayden Sorock, Grow Pittsburgh
Redding Jackson, Grow Pittsburgh
Reyna Hylton
Robert Saunders, UPMC Grounds Crew
Specialized Training
Phipps Sustainable Landcare Accredited Professionals are trained in soil ecology; site analysis and design; organic pest, weed and disease control; storm water management; native plants of Western Pennsylvania; invasive plants; and more. To learn more, see our complete Sustainable Landcare standards and curriculum.
Our Sustainable Landcare Accredited Professionals have a deep understanding of what makes a landscape both beautiful and sustainable, and will work with you to help you make the best decisions for your property. From soil testing to plant placement, our professionals have the hard skills and critical thinking to make sure you are satisfied with your landscape for years to come.
For even more resources on establishing a beautiful, healthy lawn, check out our Phipps Safe Lawn and Landscaping archives.
Sustainable Landcare Accredited Professional Resources
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